Maybe 3-4 times a year. Can’t see using it more than that at this point.

Steak dinner with the wife

Sort of relevant

You’re stretching even further now. Most medical care is based on a patient telling a doctor what is bothering them. There’s allergies, soft tissue injuries, psychological needs, sleep disorders, digestive problems, eating disorders,learning disabilities, etc. etc. etc.

Teens shouldn’t be allowed treatment for any of those? Or will you keep drawing more and more granular distinctions to fit your conclusion?

Let’s just take an example that fits your definition: bariatric surgery is 1) surgical 2) not determined by imaging 3) undergone only in consultation with the patient 4) undergone only alongside psychological and lifestyle support 5) related to future health outcomes 6) related to the patient’s body image 7) sometimes appropriate in teens/adolescents 8) requires lifelong lifestyle changes 9) not related to an accute injury or illness 10) it is not an urgent lifesaving procedure

It is in every way exactly like gender affirming care except not being related to gender.

So surely you would argue that bariatric surgery should be banned for teens, based on your position. Their brains are still developing so they cannot possibly make such a decision that will impact the rest of their lives. If they still feel like they need it when they are adults, then they can do it then.

Right?

What are you talking about? Teens undergo life changing surgery all the time, whether it is for a sports injury, to correct scoliosis, oral surgery, etc.

Say it ain’t so 😥

This is so counter-productive because these border immigrant shelters fill an important niche working with government services. There is no government agency with the resources on the border to house all of the people who enter the country to legally seek asylum.

They have to stay somewhere while they are being processed before traveling on to the interior. They also need logistical support in making their way through both the legal system and the US transit system to get to their destination. Border shelters do all that, allowing the government to do its job.

I have enough trouble with the outer demons

Definitely this. There is a whole community dedicated to the various great Lemmy apps on different platforms, including the web. Try a couple and see if there is one that meets your needs better.

!lemmyapps@lemmy.world

That is still a growing aspect of Lemmy. There are a few communities that may be interesting to you, such as !Asklemmy@lemmy.ml or !Asklemmy@lemmy.world, !askmeanything@lemmy.ca, !casualconversation@lemm.ee, and probably some others. You can also find some active fandoms by searching, as well as some lifestyle communities (like !fatherverse@midwest.social)

Why don’t they just go ahead and deregulate everything then? Kids haven’t been getting enough lead in their diet for decades.

I more meant the AI takeover of the internet in general. This is one of the few online spaces where you can still find real news and interact with real people.

Wow I love reading about these wacky sovcits. They always say the most silly things.

Wait, what? WHO said that? Justice of which court?

Sometimes they can be funny, but also legit have the absolute worst takes

Thank goodness we have Lemmy tbh

On most cases, there is not much difference in experience between different servers/instances. There isn’t really a local timeline (as in eg Mastodon).

Some exceptions: If you post NSFW, some instances don’t allow that. If you are political, some instances might be a better fit than others. Finally, there are some servers that are not widely federated.

This should be a lesson for every state to enact marriage equality laws. If you think they’re not coming for Obergefell, then you aren’t paying attention.

Welcome! Lemmy is organized into topics called “communities” which have different moderators and rules, but overall share a lot of culture and the same users.

Within communities, people can create topical posts and comment on posts or other comments. You can also vote up good content and down poor content, and higher rated content will be shown more prominently. If you’re familiar with Reddit, it’s a similar organizing principle.

There are lots of great apps that are quite diverse, and on multiple platforms. Be sure to check them out here!

Honestly I thought this was already pretty well known